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Evelyn Hofer (1922–2009) was a highly innovative photographer whose prolific career spanned five decades. Despite her extraordinary output, she was underrecognized during her lifetime and was notably referred to by New York Times art critic Hilton Kramer as “the most famous unknown photographer in America.” "Evelyn Hofer: Eyes on the City" is the artist’s first major museum exhibition in the United States in over fifty years and is organized around a series of photobooks published throughout the 1960s devoted to European and American cities as well as the country of Spain.
Comprising more than one hundred vintage prints in both black and white and color, "Eyes on the City" combines landscapes and architectural views with portraiture, conveying the unique character and personality of urban capitals during a period of intense structural, social, and economic transformations.
Visit the High Museum: high.org
Evelyn Hofer (1922–2009) was a highly innovative photographer whose prolific career spanned five decades. Despite her extraordinary output, she was underrecognized during her lifetime and was notably referred to by New York Times art critic Hilton Kramer as “the most famous unknown photographer in America.” "Evelyn Hofer: Eyes on the City" is the artist’s first major museum exhibition in the United States in over fifty years and is organized around a series of photobooks published throughout the 1960s devoted to European and American cities as well as the country of Spain.
Comprising more than one hundred vintage prints in both black and white and color, "Eyes on the City" combines landscapes and architectural views with portraiture, conveying the unique character and personality of urban capitals during a period of intense structural, social, and economic transformations.
Visit the High Museum: high.org
